In May 1907, workers were building a new Bowling Club pavilion at the green at Stonefield Road. This was to upgrade and improve upon the small, original brick clubhouse building (pictured) An amusing small anecdote exists apparently discussed between the workmen of the time. That month, one workman was heard to say “Yer sister’s awa […]
This map from 1958 is a good snapshot in time showing what is essentially the end of Dixon’s Rows, ar Stonefield, Blantyre. The tied, miners terraced homes which had existed for nearly 90 years were all but gone, largely demolished with just a few isolated homes on Dixon Street, Hall Street and Park Street, three […]
Joanne (Giovanna Matarazzo) Mandel shared this fantastic photo, which I think dates from the late 1920’s or early 1930s. She told me, “My great grandmother Campbell and my aunt and uncle at Dixon Raws before they moved to Priory Street” The Campbells lived at 7 and 26 Dixon Street in the 1930’s. I worked out […]
It’s never nice to hear about divorce or the break up of a family home. This next story took place EXACTLY a hundred years ago today and seems appropriate to tell it here now. Let’s go to 19th March 1919. James Kelly Junior, miner lived with his parents at former Dixon’s Rows, just off Stonefield […]
Here’s a remarkable story of a registered letter arriving in Blantyre in 1924, containing an inheritance legacy which fell into the wrong hands. It came up in Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday 22nd September 1924 when a young married Blantyre woman named Elizabeth McPike or Stewart was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment. Prior to […]
In December 2016, Lynsey Milne contacted me saying, “My grans name is Margaret Little born 1918 to Andrew Gilmour and Mary Ann ( maiden name Murphy) she has 7 brothers and 2 sisters. I dont know if any of her siblings are still alive but i have some names if thats any help? I really […]
Dixon’s Rows – or Dixons’s Raws were former single storey, small miner’s houses consisting of 8 streets totalling 340 houses, of which 306 were lived in, the others being used as stores and a hall. They formed a large concentration of homes, packed into a small area near the northwestern end of Stonefield Road. […]